Management actions in relation to the controversy about salmon lice infections in fish farms as a hazard to wild salmonid populations

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 751-758

  McVicar, Alasdair H ^a,b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Salmon lice; Wild salmonids

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; PARASITE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONID CULTURE; WILD POPULATION;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 3142645336     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01097.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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